Featured Etsy Shop: Curly Girl Crochet

Featured Etsy Shop: Curly Girl Crochet

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell?
My Shop is Curly Girl Crochet and I sell hand crocheted treasures.

2. What is your shop URL?
CurlyGirlCrochet.etsy.com

3. What is your blog URL?
I do not have a blog right now (not enough time!).

4. When did you start selling on Etsy?
March 2007

5. What is your favorite thing about Etsy?
I love the wide variety of creations. I sometimes find myself in wonder when looking at some of the handmade creations! I also love my Etsy friends and feel so fortunate to have met them. There are so many kind, thoughtful people on Etsy.

6. What is your favorite thing about what you sell?
I love creating something from yarn. I love seeing my creations come together as I work and become something.

7. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why?
Right now, this is my favorite. The colors are gorgeous! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8634466

8. What teams do you belong to?
I have looked into a joining few Teams, but do not belong to any right now (again, not enough time!).

9. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop?

I enjoy monkeying around in the Etsy Forums. I also enjoy sending useful, promotional items to my customers along with their purchases.

10. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy?
I have so many and wish I could include everyone, but here are just a few of my favorites:
Love this necklace by rhbdesigns http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17278288
I want this chocolate mint yarn by larimeloom! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13160581
This Water Ring by jsurine is gorgeous http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vt_related_1&listing_id=16604188
Golden Apples of the Sun by ara133photography is a fine art photographic print that really I just love! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16231719
This gorgeous necktie lady pillow by twolefthands would look fabulous on my bed! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9342633

11. What do you do in your spare time?
Besides crochet, I love to read, gardening (especially flowers), watching birds at the bird feeder, spending time with my family, and watching movies.

12. What blogs do you follow?
http://twolefthands-twolefthands.blogspot.com/

13. Do you have anything else you would like to share?
I have taken the handmade pledge and love supporting other crafters and artists by buying handmade.

Featured Etsy Artist: Bellflower Textiles

Etsy Artist Feature: Bellflower Textiles

1. What is your shop name and what do you sell?
My shop is BellflowerTextiles, and I sell embellished toddler and baby clothing, felt floral hairclips, burpcloths and baby accessories, wall quilts, and home accents. All of my items incorporate gorgeous, high-quality quilting fabric and traditional quilting elements into unique, modern designs.

2. What is your shop URL?
http://bellflowertextiles.etsy.com/

3. What is your blog URL?
http://growingnotes.blogspot.com/

4. When did you start selling on Etsy?
I joined in September, 2008, so I'm brand new! So far business is going great.

5. What is your favorite thing about Etsy?
I love how simple Etsy makes it to set up a professional looking shop, and also how easy it is to connect with a fantastic community of talented crafters.

6. What is your favorite thing about what you sell?
Getting to play creatively with beautiful colored fabric and then share it with other people. I love the excitement of posting a new item and watching to see how many views it get or who marks it as a favorite. And I love the sense of playfulness in many of my items, such as my toddler dragon tees or my rubber duck onesies.

7. What is your favorite item in your own shop and why?
I love my sea monster toddler tee: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15681900. It's fun and playful and the colors are great. I make these in all sizes and colors!

8. What teams do you belong to?
I'm a proud member of the Seattle EtsyRain team, and a member of Team Etsybaby and Team Etsymom.

9. What is the most fun thing you do to promote your shop?
I love promoting in flickr -- I try to add my products regularly to a bunch of appropriate groups so they get a lot of views. My flickr site is http://www.flickr.com/photos/bellflowertextiles/.

10. What are some of your favorite finds by other sellers on Etsy?
Here are a few of my current favorites:

Pretty little doll quilt: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15930153
Platypus placemats: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15502573
Tabby cat travel pillows: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13876364
Black and white quilt: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5253063

11. What do you do in your spare time?
I have a toddler so I have very little free time, but when I'm not parenting, sewing, crafting, photographing new items, processing photos, or blogging I like to read, garden, and cook. I'm an obsessive tomato grower and make a killer homemade tomato sauce. I try to read a book a week.

12. What blogs do you follow?
Way too many!! A few of my current favorites are Crazy Mom Quilts (http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/), Cool Mom Picks (http://www.coolmompicks.com/), Sew Mama Sew (http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/), and Sweet Figments (http://sweetfigments.blogspot.com/).

13. Do you have anything else you would like to share? Thank you so much for featuring me!